Cook I

Description Westminster Canterbury of Lynchburg, a 5-Star rated Continuing Care Retirement Community in Central VA is seeking a Cook I to join our team! Full-time position available with complete benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, 403B with match, and more. Typical hours are 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation time.

May produce food and serve customers at an a la carte station or may operate a grill station. Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state and corporate standards, guidelines and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided. Reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by customers, and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.

Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times. Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving, and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments. Prepares foods under direct supervision or instruction by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting, and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.

Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment. May clean and sanitize workstations and equipment and must follow all Westminster Canterbury, client, and regulatory rules and procedures.

Requirements

Must be a high school graduate or GED. Previous cooking experience preferred (0-2 years). Good working knowledge of food preparation. Serve Safe certificate required or must be willing to obtain within 6 months. Knowledge of food handling and safety procedures. Ability to work well with all types of individuals. Westminster Canterbury of Lynchburg is committed to best practices for infection control; therefore, we will require all team members to receive the influenza and recommend COVID-19 vaccines.